Since settling in Australia, Muzafar Ali has turned to helping those who haven't been so lucky, setting up an education charity for refugees abroad.

Now, he's riding 4,000 kilometres from Queensland to South Australia to raise awareness.

2025 is proving to be a cracking year for Australia's sprinters with yet another milestone reached at the weekend, with Lachlan Kennedy becoming the first Australian in more than two decades to legally break the 10-second barrier in the Men's 100 metres event. 

Competing at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Nairobi, Kennedy stormed to victory in 9.98 seconds.

• Guest: Andrew Iselin, coach of Lachie Kennedy
• Producer: Grace Stranger

As residents on the Mid-North Coast of NSW continue the clean-up after May's record-breaking floods, many are facing increasing insurance costs of up to $30,000 a year for cover.

Australia's trade minister Don Farrell has labelled Donald Trump's plan to double steel and aluminium tariffs as "unjustified" and "not the act of a friend".

The increase from 25 per cent to 50 per cent is set to come into effect within days. 

• Guest: David Buchanan, CEO, Australian Steel Association
• Producer: Joe Sullivan 

After a fiercely fought campaign, and a drawn-out count and partial recount,the Melbourne seat of Goldstein was officially called on the weekend for Liberal candidate Tim Wilson.

Mr Wilson took back the seat he lost at the last election to independent Zoe Daniel, making him the first Liberal to push back the teal wave that swept independents into office three years ago.

• Guest: Tim Wilson, Member for Goldstein and new shadow minister for Industrial Relations, Employment and Small Business
• Producer: Jacqueline Breen

As the United States prepares to double steel and aluminium tariffs from 25 to 50 per cent, the Albanese government says it will "coolly and calmly" put its case to the Trump administration.

It comes as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to have his first meeting with the US president at the G7 in Canada later this month.

• Guest: Madeleine King, Minister for Resources 
• Producer: Jacqueline Breen 

Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles has warned of a nuclear arms race in the Indo Pacific region, driven by China's growing nuclear powers, and by Russia's strategic ties with North Korea. Mr Marles says the previous arms control framework - developed by Western allies grappling with the threat of nuclear proliferation during the Cold War, is no longer adequate to deal with the modern day rise of nuclear power, cyber threats or the weaponisation of space. 

Guest: Ely Ratner, former Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs in the Biden administration

Producer: Anne Barker

The Cook Islands has been removed from an international shipping database known as the Registry Information Sharing Compact, as concerns mount over "flag hopping" and so-called dark-fleet operators.  

The removal followed the seizure of a Cook Islands-flagged vessel in December by Finnish authorities, after the ship allegedly damaged a Baltic Sea cable.

The Cook Islands maintains that it does not allow any sanctioned vessels to remain on its register.

• Guest: Michelle Wiese Bockmann, independent maritime intelligence analyst 
• Producers: Brooke Young and Grace Stranger 

David Seymour has become New Zealand's new Deputy Prime Minister ...

He's currently the leader of the ACT - which is one of the conservative parties in the three-party coalition Government.

He's also the man who led the failed push for changes to the Treaty of Waitangi via a Treaty Principles Bill, prompting nationwide protests late last year. So what's next in his sights as the deputy leader? 

• Guest: Jack Tame, presenter of New Zealand's Q and A program on TVNZ

Gas producers are pushing the Albanese Government to let fossil fuels play a bigger role in Australia's energy transition, as they celebrate last week's conditional approval to extend the North West Shelf project in Western Australia.

The industry was buoyed by the move, which came alongside warnings from the Prime Minister that "warm thoughts" alone won't get Australia to net-zero emissions by 2050. 

Analysts say the government will face a number of key decisions in the coming months as it balances the need to meet demand, reduce emissions, and keep prices down.

• Guest: Tony Wood, Grattan Energy Program Director
• Producer: Max Chalmers